Display-stand.



c. P. CARROLL. DISPLAY STAND.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I, 191].

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

@hof/7 i RoLL,'-a citizen or' theUn'ite'd States,

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with a plurality of brackets adaptedto sup' e mD GFFIGE I conivnmnsr, v crinnoiin CLUM'BIA, Louisiana.

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T0 all whom' t may conce/Mt." l l Be it'known that I,-''CoRNEL1Us CAR- p residing at Columbia, in the parish of Caldwell and State' ofy Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Stands; and I do hereby'declare the following to be ai. full, cleugand exact descriptionv or the invention, suchas' Vwill enableothers skilled in the art to which "it appe'rtains to make and usethe same. f

This invention relates freely extended'and attached to--and woundupon the core supportedl immediately-above thereel. Y, A'

A still further object of the invention' is to provide the lowerpart'of vthe display stan-d port rolls of'wire, any of; which may be read#v ily and conveniently substituted forl fthe rolls rpositioned withinthe casin'gs ofthe reel.

` With these-and otherohjectsfinjview 'as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention 4comprises the vvarious novel ifeatures 'of construction, ycombination andarrangement of'parts 'as' will be @fullyv de-' scribed Vhereinafter and afterward `'specifi-4 callyv claimed. v A

. Referring tothe dra-wings:

Figure '1 represents afperspective view y of my novel construction of wire display Fig. 2' represents an enlarged vertical fragmentary: sectionaljview through the upper side portion of the stand, and

Fig. 3 represents a detail sectional elevation of the measuring device. Y,

In order that the construction and operation of the' inyention may bereadily comprehended by those' skilledin y"th'cart to i i I S.pee-incationy of Letters .Beftentf-y to new and useful improvements in'4 display stands and the the wire as 'it is a; A plurality of spring which' the latter Patented Apr. s, 1919.

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which the invention relates,-I rhave illus! tratedfan apprbovedxembodiment thereoi:I in

the accompanying drawings and 'will now Y proceed to fully describe the same, 1n connec- A tionwith said drawings, in which 1 indicates a'rectangular .base orframe work and sup- Y ports atvits ends standards2 and 3 con ne'cted adjacenttheir lower ends by across barl.y Braces 5 extend from. the crossbarl'downwardly to the: sides of the baseand have attached thereto suitable brackets --GV Y tosupport rolls of wire fabrics Y A reel is journaled between .the stands ards 2 and 3 immediately above the crossl bar l and lcomprises a shaftS rotatably 'andy removably* positioned in' bearings` 9 mounted on'the inner 'faces of the standar-ds. 1A head 10 is rigidly mounted at each end of the -sh'art and is provided circumferentially' with notchesor recesses 11 in each of which is rigidly mounted a spring loop 12. These loops support and rictionally hold casings 13, each of which-is provided at one end with a stop flange elll which vengages one of the.' spring loops toV prevent the casing fromt being shovedv through 'and 'accidentally vdisengaged from providedwith a longitudinalslot 15 through. the' roll positioned l which i he -wire from Within the casing! 1s adapted to be'drawn.

l"One of the heads 10 is provided' in its outer face with a circumferential .row of sockets Y16' which arey selectively engaged by the inner end of mounted through the stand-ard 2. -Thelbolt 1 isv 'providedadjacentfits' innerfend with a collar-18 adjusta'b-iy mounted thereon'by a set screw 19.- 20 indicates a tubularv bracket mountedron the inner faceiof the standardf the loops when var-V ranged in proper. position.v Each casing isV a ,latchbolt 17 slidably' to receive'the collar- 18-and an expansion. e

spring-21 positionedl around the `bolt17 vvbe-v tween the collar"and"theinner endxorf 'the bracket 20; -This spring will exert its tension to cause 'the is rotated to hold the reel in any .selected rotated position to permit of the wire being unwound from the roll positioned in the uppermostcasing.'` 5 The'v outer end of the latch bolt extends through a tubularbearing 22 and is provided'with av pin 23'whichnor mally Vrests within a slot 24 formed longitudinally of the bearing. A handle 25 is connected to the outer end of the latch bolt may: loewithdrawn .inner en'doi1 the latch bolt to snap into each ofthe sockets 16 as the reel' against the tension ofthe spring2l untilv 27 removably positioned within a slot 28 in the upper end of the standard 3, and lat its other end. with a plate 29 having a central socketed boss 30 to receive the non-circular end ofva shaft 31 mounted transversely through the standard 2 and iny bearings 32 and 33 securedto the opposite faces of the standard. A crank handle34 is rotatably positioned ,through a restricted opening 35 in the bearing'33 and is detachably connected to the-shaft 31. By this construction the core can be freely rotated by the crank handle to wind the wire from the roll within the tubular casingy 13.

The core 26 is provided longitudinally with a V-shaped recess 36 which receives a corresponding wedge section 37, said sectionv being hingedly connected at'one Alongitudinal edge to the core and adapted to be secured at its opposite longitudinal edge tothe core by suitable clampmg means as indi- :cated by the numeral 38.

Vhen it is desired to remove* a desired length of 'wire from the uppermost roll of the reel, the free endA of the `wire is engaged within the V-shaped groove of the core and rigidly held through the medium of the wedge section. Then by rotating the crank handle any desired amount of wire may be taken'from the wire roll and wound upon the core.

39 indicates a measuring device supported by vthe upper end of the display stand by which the wire as it is wound upon the core may be accurately measured, said measurement being plainly visible at all time as the wire is being measured. The measuring de'- vice is supported by. a suitable bracket 40 attached to the standard 3. 41 indicates a supporting arm which is pivotally connected at one end of the bracket 40 as at 42, while its 'other end is'connected to the casing' 43 of the measuring device. A friction wheel 44 is journaled within the'casing and carries a pin 45 on one face thereof'which is adapted to engage the teeth of a wheel 47. The friction wheel 44 isV adaptedto bearupon the core and be rotated by the rotation of the latter. vThe friction wheel 44 isV adapted -to be held against counter rotation by a spring 44a having one end secured to the casing and the other end bearing against the wheel opies olithis patent may be obtained fo'r five cents each, by addressing Walhigton? D. .0."

and coperating with ratchet shoulders 44b onthe wheel 44. IOne 'of the trunnions 48 of the vvvheel44 is' provided with a pointer 49 which coperates with graduations 50 graduations 53. The graduations 50 indicate inches while the graduations 53 indicate feet, and it is to be understood that each revolution ofthe wheel 44 Will cause the wheel 47 to move one-notch by' virtue of the pin 45 engaging a tooth thereof. y Y

When itis desired to attach the free end of the wire to the core 26, the measuring device may be swung upwardly into an out of the way position against an angular stop 54 carried by the bracket 40. After the wire has been attached, the measuring device may again be swung down/into position and by virtue of itsv own Weight willA Vfirmly rest upon the core and accurately measure the wire as itis wound thereon. v

Having described my invention, what I provided with va lateral flange'at one end to engage one of the loops, and a winding core` wound upon said standards in valinement with theaxis lof said reel.

2. A display stand comprising a support= ing base, standards at opposite sides thereof, a wire roll supporting reel journaled upon and between said standards and embodying opposite spaced head plates, spring loops attached` circumferentially to each head at vspaced intervals and adjacent said stand ards, a wire roll casing adapted to pass through each alin'ed pairv of said loops and provided with a lateral ange at one end to engage one of the loops, a winding core provided at one' end with a trunnion to seat in va slot atthe top of one standard and at the opposite end with a socketed plate, and a winding shaft rotatably mounted at the up-` per end of one standard ,andr providedatits inner end with means to fit the socket in said plate. Y I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnessesj CORNELIUS P. Witnesses A F. A. MAY-Es, v R. M. HUNDLEY.

CARROLL.

the Commissioner `of Patents, l

each head platel -a wire roll casing: adapted to pass plate Y 

